KingsRow is a strong

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and

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engine. It was released by Ed Gilbert in 2000. The checkers engine can be used with the

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GUI. The engine is available as freeware.

History

In the only Computer Checkers World Championship, KingsRow took second place behind

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. KingsRow was stronger than Cake++ in the early years. Cake++ finally caught up with KingsRow and gradually became stronger. It competed a 624-game match against Cake++ on

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2004; Cake++ won 3 to 1, with 620 games ending in a draw. On July 17, 2005, Ed Gilbert completed building a 10-piece endgame database for use with KingsRow. A version for Italian checkers with a nine-piece endgame tablebase is available, too.

Draughts version

A 10x10 version of KingsRow was started in 2007. In 2009, an eight-piece endgame tablebase was finished. With checkers solved, and all top engine matches ending in draws only; KingsRow only focuses on 10x10 draughts today.

External links

KingsRow Webpage
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